oils from Chile

Eumenes. Died 316 B.C.E. Sometimes called “Eumenes of Cardia” to distinguish him from the several kings of Pergamum with the same name. The only non-Macedonian among the successors — which makes it somewhat ironic that he was the only one of them who was always loyal to Alexander. Under Alexander he had directed the Imperial Chancery. PERDICCAS appointed him governor of Cappadocia, and later chose him to (in effect) guard his rear when the Regent moved to attack PTOLEMY while himself being attacked by CRATERUS and ANTIPATER. Eumenes succeeded in killing Craterus, but Perdiccas was killed by his officers, leaving Eumenes on his own. He was quickly driven from Asia by ANTIGONUS MONOPHTHALMOS. Eumenes turned to POLYPERCHERON, but that officer was unable to hold his position. Although the respite gave Eumenes time to rebuild his armies, Antigonus soon was after him again. Although neither side gained a strong advantage at the battle of Parætacene (317) or Gabiene (316), some of Eumenes’s troops sold him out at the latter battle and Antigonus had him executed. Lysimachus. Died 281 B.C.E. He was originally the captain of Alexander’s bodyguard. In the first Regency agreement he was given control of Thrace. For many years thereafter he stayed quiet, conserving his troops and his money. It was not until 302 that he at last involved himself in his colleagues’ wars. In that year the threat of ANTIGONUS forced him into the field. He attacked Antigonus’s possessions in Asia Minor, forcing the senior general to unite his army to retrieve his losses. Lysimachus then joined his army with that of SELEUCUS, and the two killed Antigonus at Ipsus in 301. 2 This gave him control of much of Asia Minor. But then Demetrius Poliorcetes